Biography

Antti - or "Anti" - represents one of the minority groups in the entertainment industry, as well as within the world population: blond, Nordic male persons.

In 2007, "Anti" started as a stand up comedian and has performed since in clubs around Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand, as well as at Fringe festivals in Edinburgh, Melbourne and Adelaide.

His film and TV credits include playing Victor, the lead character Lucas's (Kim Kold) solicitor, in a drama comedy Requiem for a Fighter; Conor in an award winning short film 2:40 to London from the director Gavin Irvine; Richard Carpenter in the Channel 5 Autopsy documentary about his sister Karen of The Carpenters; and most recently, he teamed up with a group of talented stuntmen in an action film concept The Division to play a Russian gangster, Sergei Ivanov.

He has been a commercial face for brands like Converse, LA Whey, Ryobi and Intently. He has also body doubled many actors from Matt Smith (young Prince Philip) to David Beckham, Bear Grylls and Wyatt Russell. Since 2012, he has regularly portrayed various Marvel superheroes on live premiere shows and events across Europe.

In 2013, his pun rich writing was brought to life by his brother, Esa Hakala, colourfully illustrating Sven Comics. Since then, a decent-sized product range of three Sven Comics books, numerous greeting cards and yearly calendars have been published.